Other Finalists (Inside Chittenden County)

Al's French Frys

Palmer Lane Maple

Rocky's N.Y. Pizza & Ice Cream

The Village Scoop

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Caleb Kenna

Vermont Cookie Love

Vermont Cookie Love — Since selling its first batch at the Shelburne Farmers Market in 2007, Vermont Cookie Love has gained a loyal following for its chewy cookies and logs of frozen dough. While those sweets are now available in 60 stores and markets, Route 7 travelers can pull over at the home base — the Love Shack in North Ferrisburgh — for a just-baked cookie, scoop of hard ice cream or a dense creemee made from local milk and premium ingredients. Flavors include chocolate, vanilla, maple, coffee and twist. Also on the menu are homemade drinks, sorbets and ice-cream-cookie sandwiches made to order. All of this can be savored at the picnic tables and wooden benches by the Love Shack’s walk-up window.